₦airaland Forum

Just30:
let me tell you what Ghanaian car dealers do
They clear their goods in places that they feel they can get cheap duties
The most reasonable place used to be Togo but these days, they prefer Ghana because it's faster and a bit cheaper

thanks to nana addo as he made it cheaper and faster to clears automobiles and its parts.

spartacus11:
Oga keep quiet and stop spiting trash, abi nor be GH wen i stayed 2 years plus again, wen hungry wan wire dem finish, even d locals can't rent good accommodation laege majority of them living in slum in the city are

Just keep quiet

Their Music industry depends on Nigeria music industry to blow, their ghallywood depends on Nollywood to blow


Dey come to Nigeria and buy cars registered it with nigeria plate number and take it to ghana bcus it is very expensive over there

Majority of them buy Dstv from Nigeria bcus their own sub is more expensive, go to satellite section of Nairaland

When u speak lie about Nigeria too much, u start taking it to be d truth, abi na every where for ghana get 247 electricity, go to Osun state and see d amount of electricity dey enjoy

Park well joor

trash! From your talk, it seems you must be those yahoo 9ja boys who feeds the hungry Ghanaians....

In which part of the world are there no upclass and poor neighborhood?

It is logical for you to say that nigeria music or movie industry is ahead of ghana, but for you to say Ghanas entertainment industry is dependent on Nigeria.. This does not make sense.. There is a saying in ivorian French, when it rains in Paris, abidjan sneezes? Is this what you mean? If nigeria music should fall, it will not affect ghana... If I lie ask the congos... Congo were at the top when it comes to francophone music, today it is the ivorians leading.. So massa, if naija music falls, e fall yakata, e no go affect ghana kraaa... You are talking as if ghana sells their music to Nigeria...

It is true buying cars in ghana is expensive, but where are your senses? Ghanians would leave ghana, Togo and benin and come to Nigeria to buy car, register it and send to ghana.. Is this making sense? Cars are cheap in Togo and benin, nigerians buy cars in benin because it is cheap.. But why wud a Ghanaian come to nigeria and buy car leaving Togo and benin? I think you are not good at argument... I can see why ivorians say we think one way... Ghana wud say, alatafor w3 gimi paaa!

Buying dstv in nigeria and sending it to ghana.... Hmm never heard. But I do know that buying things in ghana is expensive and paying monthly subscription is expensive But I hope they are not hacking the decoder in other for you to get free channels.. If so, I am not interested in illegal stuff...

I believe in most part of ghana have electricity distributed to their home.. There are 10 regions in ghana.. And I can confidently say, 8-9 regions have electricity evenly distributed to their homes..

I live in Lagos, my area gets light for 15-17 hrs a day.. My cousin house in lekki, they get light for 10hrs a day.. I schooled in kumasi, ashanti region... Charlie, light dey constant.. Throughout my exams, I never read with candle.. But in Nigeria, I read with candle a lot...

I don't lie, I stand with the truth .... All I am saying, our govt don't make life comfortable or at peace with anyone in nigeria... But in Ghana, there is comfort... That's uniqueness...

wristbangle:
From the little source I gathered about ghana, they have stable electricity, quite good / neat roads, law abiding and coordinated.

That aside, even though in terms of basic/psychological needs like electricity, road, education in Ghana, Nigeria is ahead of them in terms of infrastructure and GDP.

We often think it's greener on the other side which is not so most time.

If not for the issue of our epileptic power supply, corruption and other lack of basic amenities, Nigeria should be toe to toe with south Africa and some European countries in terms of infrastructure or even far better

read your statement again.. You are using the condition "if"..

Ok, let me tell you.. Every country can use "if".. Do you think Ghana don't have it problems?..

"If ghana should concentrate more on its problems, it should be at toe to toe with south Africa"

" if south Africa should concentrate more on its problem, perhaps it would be heaven". /

You don't know how to talk.. Don't based d condition on if... There is no excuse....

Please, ghana is where it is because of cocoa..
Nigeria was into cocoa, what happened?

Is it not the same cocoa ghana used to build its school, electricity, roads, health etc...
What did nigeria do with its cocoa?

Ogbeni, don't come and shout GDP or infrastructure because your/my country has spent more to achieve lesser resources and ghana has spent less to achieve greater resources..

Nigerians are like haitians... Haitians where on the same level with the Dominican long back... But Haiti messed up in the long run and given so much excuses...

Chukazu:
Yes I do...The late Dora Akunyili campaign vigorously to make soft drinks companies change give Nigerian consumers a healthier product... until now there has been little or no effect

bro, for coke i disagree with you.. That is a multi national company.. The same formula is used in the production process.. Perhaps you bought a different coca cola flavor or na diet coke you buy...

mmsen:
Nigerians adopt new technology before Ghanaians.

I'm sure that ATM filling pump is in Nigeria and has been for years, OP simply does not know.

Haven't dealt with banks in Ghana I know for a fact that they are many years behind when it comes to adopting the latest technology.

before mobile phone (gsm) came to nigeria, it was in ghana already.. Ghana started Electronic data capturing of foreigners, my country nigeria recently started.. The day I left ghana, I exited electronically(my passport was placed in a device).. At aflao border... Coming to nigeria( seme border), I was manually registered (I can understand as a Nigerian) but A white foreigner with nigerian resident permit was registered manually.. Note: ofcourse, this technology is in airports.. ATM, ghana started... Mobile banking, ghana started.. Prepaid and digital postpaid meter, ghana started... Or maybe u will tell me now that nigeria is supplying Ghana electricity so hence, nigeria started digital postpaid/prepaid technology.. during the time ghana went electronical in goods clearing, my brother in customs were using manuals.. But I am open to a debate where you think we started..

There is what I do tell my gh friends, it is not by starting first but how you finish...

If you look at IT, banking, ghana started 1st but today nigeria is ahead.. This is where I respect Nigeria

Nigeria suffered lots of set backs due to military rule. Unlike ghana they were d pioneers of democracy which brought change.. There was new implementation, new technology, lots of try and errors...

LesbianBoy:
To fvck this cardi b just dey hungry me

werey! U never Bleep Togo pussy na cardi b u wan go for...

spartacus11:
Peace ni, war ko, which one i come dey enjoy for naija?

Nigerians hyping their problem since 1960

when I talk of peace, I don't mean the opposite of war.. I am talking about comfortable living...

Perhaps you are enjoying Nigeria because you have money.. You can buy fuel to on generator, you can pay money to a private hospital when sick. You went to a private school.. you can provide security in your house...perhaps, you constructed your drainage, you kept street light... Life is good.. Some people in 9ja don't enjoy what you do..
Stay bless my friend..

IAMJojo:
Bros i jst pm u,pls do reply me,i want 2 spend my holidays in burkina faso,tour,how much do u tink it would cost me and how do i get there,its my ist time,kindly reply to my pm pls

hmm.. How can I help you? It is a really a long time.. I took a flight from Accra to ouga.. Ouga back to kumasi on road(annoying journey)..

Since you are going from nigeria, i think you need to go to benin republic. And get direct to ouga....

Or you come to Accra, Ghana and get direct to ouga.

I know that TCV buses leave Tuesday and Sundays in kumasi.. They leave at night 6pm and you reach ouga 10-11am... ( explained by my burkina babe then in school).

TCV buses goes to benin republic as well... All this you should find out at mile 2, Lagos or send border, benin republic..

About how much you need? 90k-100k..

Why burkina, I hope u don't mind my curiosity.. I believe you don't know French...

Burkina is good... At least, it is not disorganized like 9ja.. There are people doing biz there but somehow it can be slow. Not much purchasing power there but there people making it.

They have artificial beach, owned by a Lebanese.. A nice area I liked is ouga deux mille (ouga2000).

I enjoyed the scooter ride by my burkina babe as she took me round the city... Girls ride scooter alot. If you buy them scooter, na their car b dat...

Not much to say but I did appreciate been there and spending times with the family...

I am sorry I can't give much help as to the currency, places.... But the place is ok... There is light, water, security... The basics.. Lots of NGOs helping the economy...

asuustrike2009:
OK but you should have stated it in your article. You were just painting the whole of Nigeria bad and Ghana good

the truth is bitter.. I was just quoting the myopic ones... My brothers(including me) usedto have this olden days views about ghana and Ghanaians until they came visiting... In ghana there is comfort but to get comfort in nigeria, we have to pay. As Nigerians we can boast of economy, population, infrastructure... That is all.. A business man(foreigner) in Ghana once told me, for you to like nigeria, you must accept their norm or you must b living in nigeria as a Nigerian to accept the country not that you have a choice but it is what it is..

He concluded to say, " what is there to enjoy if you have or make money as a business man and can't enjoy peace ( comfort).

zuto4u:
Bro this is not about being loud mouthed. Take it or leave it, many Africans are envious of Nigerians. Especially Ghanaians. Wizkid just won Best International Act Award, in few days time, go and view the video of the award on youtube then take your time to scroll down to comment section, u will see some never do wells from other African countries (especially Ghana) criticizing him and be saying all sort of rubbish against him. If others are condemning one of my own unjustly, I will never join them in doing so. There are a lot crimes taking place in the US on daily basis and they always try as much as possible to cover them up but when it happens in other countries, they would want it to go viral immediately.

agreed! When you talk of smartness of we nigerians, I give it to us. But why bring crime as a topic, when you talk of crimes, at least those countries solve crimes better than others(nigeria) . During my stay in Ghana, out of all the prison break I have heard on the news there is a 95%chance of catching those prisoners which the policing have done.. But my country Nigeria, we do hear of prison break most especially in the north and how many they apprehend? A few...

Let me tell you the truth, it is easier committing a crime in nigeria and you can be successful but go and try it in ghana.. You will know how vibrant their policing are..
Why won't people not mock your country when u don't do d right thing..

asuustrike2009:
But there are some places in Nigeria that you have peace of mind.Are you telling me that the whole of Nigeria is worst and a small city like Accra is better off?

the whole of Nigeria isn't worse.. But I am using the big cities of Nigeria to compare that of the big cities in ghana.. The kumasi I schooled in which is like the second or third best in ghana Lagos, calabar, port, is a better.. But there is something I have factored that makes life worth living when in kumasi or Accra is the peace. Leaving your house(light, sec, water= peace) , transportation(3 on a sit= peace) to office(ease of doing business; no much bribes or paying people to b in biz= peace) and office to bank (no metal detector, no much of police escorts o. Bullion vans= peace) ... You are at rest in everything you do there.. You don't think of buying fuel to on generator, or buying large fuel to store perhaps there might be fuel scarcity, you don't see much street fight.. Etc.. You are at rest.. Do u get me?

nickxtra:
But the private sector can drive these current innovations, after all it was not the Ghanaian government that installed the ATM machine in the Gas station.

I understand where you are coming from.. I have lived in both countries and to my opinion, one country has good implementation mechanism(both private and public) but lacks the will to drive it, this is where I would say Nigeria is better and I have respect for the country.. We are late to start but when we start, the acceptance to such technology model (TAM) becomes massive and in some cases we finish well.

zuto4u:
Bro if it is about Ghanaians mocking Nigerians, forget about that one coz it is no longer news that they are so jealous of Nigerians. If nobody talks about u then you are a nobody.

lol! "Blocage mentale" as the ivorians would say when they read such statements like yours.. Also, They say " we are loud mouth"..

You know, in Costa Rica, they are referred to as "pura vida" it means “simple life” or “pure life”. Why? Its their way of life.. They don't talk too much.. Costa Rica is seen as the happiest countries in the world, mostly because its inhabitants don’t stress about things the way most foreigners do.


My friend, travel and see the world.. We are loud mouth, we brag too much when we know truly that we are "suffering and smiling "..

nickxtra:
Is that not Total filling station with ATM powered fuel dispensing machines? Why can't they do same in their Nigeria stations?

one thing I know about ghana nigeria, ghana are usually the first to start something of such nature, but with time, nigeria would start with the initiative and then supersede ghana...

This is where I see Nigerians acceptance to technology ahead of ghana. Ghana they have good top leaders who implement new policy but they lack finishing... While Nigeria, we don't have good leaders to implement it at early stage but when such project is implemented, nigerians are great finishers....

TemmyTee82:
I have no business with them. But you don't tell me my country is jagajaga and expect me to nod in agreement.

irrespective of where I am from and how I was raised, I speak for the public.. We can afford light, water, education, security, health etc but as a poor man in nigeria, you can't afford it.. But in ghana, such poor person can enjoy those things I am enjoying in nigeria.. That makes nigeria messed up..

We Africans we have our problem but here in the states where I live, I rarely here Ghanaians lament about no light, no water, insecurity... But when I am in my nigerian people or community, be it Yoruba, Igbo or pidgin, it is the same complain.. All this makes nigeria jagajaga.

In Ghana, it is a big shame when they play eedris abdulkareem song jagagaga... The song is a hit but the way they all go gaga and mock Nigeria, you will bend your head in the club..

Even my burkinabe gf was disappointed about how disorganized Lagos, Nigeria was when she came visiting.. She said, my country may not be rich as yours but there is a good sense of order living in burkina faso.. She was right when I paid visit to ougadougou and bobodioulasso...

TemmyTee82:
On top chicken. So what's cheap about that?

this chicken is big.. I am a Nigerian and I have seen how carton of chicken can be with its pricing... I will tell you where Nigeria is better.. Ghana is expensive and if there is one thing I can spend my money well, it is buying chicken.. And at 60 cedis then, I get good value for money..

Now buying live chicken in nigeria appears cheaper compare to buying live chicken in ghana..

TemmyTee82:
My friend, shut up your mouth and sit down!

have you been to the Dominican Republic or haiti?

hotdealz:
Something wey I dey sell 25k here in Nigeria. I no go run go Ghana so?

you should do. I once bought an iPhone 5s in nigeria took it to Ghana.. I did not plan to sell it but a ghanaian trader saw the phone, took it from me, thought I was selling it.. He gave me an offer.. My profit was 10000 naira... That was when iphone 5 was new in d market..

TemmyTee82:
But in Nigerian money, isn't that thousands of naira?

90 cedis should be like 7000 naira - 7,200 naira.

vascey:
You know you should be comparing Ghana to VI Lagos.

So based on one location, one barney, one pure water, one meal, on hangout, one mall, you have easily concluded that Ghana is better than Nigeria?

You don't know how big Nigeria is; that is your problem. A whole Naija is what you are comparing to one locality in Ghana. Chai!

I'm glad you enjoyed your trip sha but before you can compare, you need to go round this our country first.

forget your talk... There is good value for your money in ghana.. Ghana has what it takes to be like the western nation.. Their govt sector works very well.. Their policing system works well, they have a good NHIS better than nigeria.. Their educational sector works. To me, nigeria is a place you go and take advantage of the population, make money and remit back to your country.. The Indians knows this and thats how they are ripping us off...

SmartyPants:
Hi.

can you please give a run down of some of the costs one might expect to incur?

Will a 500 usd (approx 200, 000 naira) budget be enough for one person?

sure.. But are you coming to live or holiday in ghana..

Aniedi30:
Ghana is really not what u think.. am a residence here but I think cost of living in Nigeria is better than Ghana and moreover don't think Ghanaians are friendly bcoz there all observing u just fuckup u will regret why u come closer

you are right but trouble will follow you if you go looking for trouble. It is the same everywhere.. If you fuckup here in the states, you are finished...

TheAngry1:
You are the ones making Ghanaians insult us. You go Ghana we no go hear word! How many Ghanaians don do my Naija experience?

that is becos your country jagajaga.. Have you traveled before? Have you been to haiti and Dominica republic? They are both on an island.. Dominican republic is a paradise but Haiti is hell.. Haitians travel to dominican rep alot and then come back to talk about how peaceful it is in Dominican... But how many Dominicans goes to haiti? A few.. And what is there to talk about haiti, none. Because haiti is scattered! That's how nigeria and ghana is... It is when you travel and see places then your mind becomes open.. You start to compare and contrast.

tunde37:
Ghana ko Ghana ni, I would rather travel to oyinbo land than staying in Africa, you showing us the beautiful place you con want make we relocate like that, that why many people fall victim of slave trade in Libya, make them show you some pictures of places in lekki and ajah and Victoria highland, banana highland if you won't also fall for nija, u better grown. am proud of my country oh.

I am also proud of Nigeria too.. But you are not getting the picture clearly.. One distinct uniqueness about ghana and 9ja is peace. There is peace in ghana.. There is law and order.. Nothing like hustle and bustle... No magomago... The serene is alot better.. With one naira or one cedi you can live in peace in ghana But in 9ja you need more money to get to live in peace... In nigeria, there is noise and air pollution but it is not like that in gh.. The air is fresh..

When I was schooling in gh, at night I smell cocoa all over and I was living in a city(kumasi) but when I come to Lagos for holiday, I smell generator fume.. This is bad.. Let us say the truth..

ayoblinks:
Op I can relate to the chicken aspect, so fleshy, big and cheap. Ghana make sense to an extent sha

a carton of chicken was like 60 cedis.. It was cheap.. Now I hear it is 90 cedis.. It is still cheap...

Ibcdesigns:
20. Apart from getting good quality for your money, there's at of business prospect here as well ranging from technology to fashion to all other niches. I remember i went to price a uk used HP mini laptop and it was like 70k Nigerian money. That tells you you could buy gadgets cheap from lagos and resell in Accra.

I have said it here on nairaland, when traveling to ghana, buy things from Nigeria and then sell in their local market even if it is a small profit you make. It is better carrying a device to sell than cash where you might be cheated when changing money...

Ghana again!!
Alatafor or p3 ghana saaa ( Nigerians love ghana too much)

maursatt:
Africa my people you guys like backside too much, if this kind back na Europe she for dey wear big cloth to cover it for shame.

look at you. If you know how much those slim white girls with flat ass admire curvy girls from the inside.. They don't show it but they like to have a shape like that.. Go to fitness gym and u will how they try to squat just to ensure their little ass come out a little bit.

Fair skinned Yoruba girls no dey be me kraa. Their skin color no b like d real dem a Igbo girls, fulani girls, kanuri girls, akwa ibom or calabar girls..

This Yoruba actress no sweet me... Some of dem dey b like all dem ghana girls wey dey use cream fair.

This babe enye de. Me k) da wai!

nwatthu:
i dont think u are normal, dont worry, very soon, those conditions that led those our young men and women, will soon visit you and your family..what you wish others, is what you get, be reasonable in thinking when u are in the public square, u can take ur foolishness inside the comfort of ur room, May God forgive u

God bless you.. I don't understand how freddykruger thinks...

FreddyKruger:
This goat needs teargas again. If you want libyans to stop selling nigerians in their country then tell your citizens to stop taking the risks of traveling to libya hoping to enter europe by all means necessary.

legal or illegal, it can happen to anybody.. What the libyans are doing is uncivilized... It is not only nigerians used as slavery, there are other african nationals who are leaving their country due to war, famine, political instability, economic loss and are using Libya as a transit hub...

Dude, have respect for humanity no human should be treated like animals...

Have you seen a video of a Libyan stabbing a black African because he is using Libya as a transit hub?

I have traveled legally to the white mans world and I have met people who have used that Libyan route all to escape suffering in their country..

Pidgin2:
Is oil in the land of the majority? Majority my foot. Illiterates will be the ruin of this country

smiles!!! Nigeria is big, I brought in sectors where the majority have thrived.. The fact that oil is not in the land of the majority does not mean other regions don't have its natural and mineral resources.

I am glad that you point out oil to be for the minority.. At least, you know that most of the examples I gave are true making the majority what it is to be majority..

Between, I am a minority...